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| | 7th Grade English 11/16 | | | | | Monday, November 16, 2009 10:13 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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My 1/2 period lost the canned food drive despite bringing in close to 70 cans! Miss Lough's class beat mine again :(
Personal Narrative
Several students are missing the Personal Narrative, which is the 2nd Quarter mandatory assignment. If they don't turn it, they have an F until they do.
Accelerated Reader
On Friday, I gave the students an "AR Estimation" based upon their success so far. Reading at home is a necessity for those struggling to finish books.
This estimation grade will be deleted and replaced with another estimation in a few weeks. That 2nd estimation will also be deleted and replaced with the final AR grade.
Ultimate Spelling List
This week's spelling list is called the "Ultimate Spelling List" because it's 60 words long with the last 20 words being very difficult (atrocious, kaleidoscope). Most students won't be learning all 60 though. After the pretest, each student will have the goal of getting 20 better on the posttest. This provides a challenging list for both my struggling spellers and my champion spellers.
The students score out of 20 will be how much they improve by, not how many they get correct overall. So if two students get 42/60 correct on the posttest, one could earn an A+ if they improved by 20 words and the other could fail if they only improved by 10.
My students who've been coasting with spelling will need to see that this week's list will require everyone's attention. Those top spellers will also compete to represent my class in the school spelling bee.
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| 7th Grade English 11/10 |
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| Monday, November 9, 2009 3:37 PM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Parents, Many students did not finish their personal narratives last Friday. This is the mandatory 2nd quarter writing assignment that will squash their grade if not turned in. I told the students that they may turn in their narrative packet to me |
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| 7th Grade English 11/5 |
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 11:43 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Parents, A special mid-week edition! With my wife teaching tonight and no Suns game to watch, I'm throwing a grading party for myself. Everything should be graded by 6PM tonight, with the exception of today's spelling test that my aide will grade i |
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| 7th grade English 11/2 |
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| Monday, November 2, 2009 11:16 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| If you came to conferences, I gave you a class info sheet with your student's grades and AR info. If you weren't able, I sent it home with your student on Wednesday. When the student returns it with a signature, I'll give them a 10/10 for doing so |
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| 7th Grade English 10/24 |
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| Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:02 PM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| This week's parent email is coming a few days earlier to remind you that conferences are Monday and Tuesday this week. Hope to see you there! If you won't be able to make it, but still want to discuss your student's progress please let me know so we |
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| 7th Grade English 10/19 |
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| Monday, October 19, 2009 8:55 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Tomorrow, we'll have a presentation from NotMyKid.com, a Scottsdale-based non-profit that sends speakers to schools to discuss positive choices and the conequences of poor ones. It could be good a topic of discussion between you and your middle schoo |
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| 7th Grade English 9/28 |
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| Monday, September 28, 2009 4:01 PM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Parents, My original goal was to catch up with late/absent work and the "Dear Mr Smith" letters today, but I've spent the day fighting a cold with every remedy known to Western Civilization. I still have hopes of finishing the late/absen |
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| 7th Grade English 9/21 |
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| Monday, September 21, 2009 7:38 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Good morning! This next round of Scholastic book orders is due tomorrow. Orders can be with a check and a filled out order form, or can be done online. The website is [ http://www.scholastic.com/parentordering ]www.scholastic.com/parentordering. The |
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| 7th Grade English 9/14 |
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| Monday, September 14, 2009 8:50 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Good morning! A month of school has passed, and I'm still considering this my best year by far! I attribute that to this great group of students. Students have had problems, though, hanging onto their notes and assignments. It's very important t |
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| 7th Grade English 9/8 |
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| Monday, September 7, 2009 1:30 PM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Good morning, I sent in the Scholastic book order last week and I want to thank parents for ordering so many books. It really helps our class room library out. With their bonuses and deals for teachers, I spent only $22 for 15 books! The October Sc |
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| 7th Grade English 8/31 |
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| Monday, August 31, 2009 9:44 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Good morning, The students received their spelling words for the week. The homework is due Wednesday and the quiz will be on Thursday. For many students the words will be easy, but they should be learning the rules that the words are from. The stu |
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| Open House is Tonight |
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| Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:14 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| A friendly reminder that Open House is tonight starting at 6:15. Your student should have a copy of his/her schedule to give to you for you to follow. Hope to see you tonight! *I have a few grades on pOGB so far, and few more will go in this after |
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| 7th Grade English 8/24 |
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| Monday, August 24, 2009 11:51 AM -0700 | By: Mark Smith |
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| Good morning! Thank you for signing up for this newsletter for the parent of my English students. Please reply with "got it" to let me know I typed in the correct email address. You may also want to add me to your address book so you rece |
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